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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Growing Up: Here and There, D-Day and All That, and Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did first-generation Japanese parents mean when they taught their children, gaman?
(a) Learn.
(b) Perservere.
(c) Understand.
(d) Enjoy.

2. Where was Robert Rasmus when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima?
(a) Training for the invasion of Japan.
(b) Fighting in Germany.
(c) Fighting in the South Pacific.
(d) Fighting in France.

3. What did soldiers on troop ships understand about their destination, according to General William Buster?
(a) Only where they were landing.
(b) Only where they would spend the first few weeks after landing.
(c) Only what their mission would be upon landing.
(d) Nothing.

4. How did Robert Rasmus feel about escaping the Battle of the Bulge because of the flu?
(a) He was relieved.
(b) He was thrilled.
(c) He was heartbroken.
(d) He was thankful.

5. What effect did John Wayne war movies have on Japanese children living in California, according to Sheril Cunning?
(a) They were angry.
(b) They were thrilled.
(c) They were confused.
(d) They were proud.

Short Answer Questions

1. What black market item was in demand among Russian troops in Vienna in 1945?

2. Which college students were drafted earliest, according to Akira Miuri?

3. Why were civilians saving fat during the war?

4. What was a Victory Garden?

5. What did Robert Rasmus think when he saw the ambulances arriving on the morning his group was attacking?

(see the answer key)

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